Richard Ellison
Richard Mark Ellison
Born: 21 September 1959, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent
Major Teams: Kent, Tasmania, England.
Known As: Richard Ellison
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium Fast
Test Debut: England v West Indies at The Oval, 5th Test, 1984
Last Test: England v India at Lord's, 1st Test, 1986
ODI Debut: England v India at Pune, 1st ODI, 1984/85
Last ODI: England v New Zealand at Leeds, Texaco Trophy, 1986
Tasmania First-Class Career Span: 1986-87
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1986
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 11 16 1 202 41 13.46 28.13 0 0 2 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 377.2 90 1048 35 29.94 6-77 3 1 64.6 2.77
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 14 12 4 86 24 10.75 78.18 0 0 2 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 116 9 510 12 42.50 3-42 0 0 58.0 4.39
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1981 - 1993)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 207 284 72 5046 108 23.80 1 21 86 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 5007.4 1212 13773 475 28.99 7-33 18 2 63.2 2.75
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(career: 1981 - 1992)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 175 136 56 1967 84 24.58 0 4 27 0
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 1320 5320 188 28.29 4-19 6 0 42.1 4.03
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
Richard Ellison made his county debut for Kent in 1981, winning his cap in
1983. A large, strong man, he was a right-arm, medium-fast swing bowler, and
a left handed, hard-hitting, lower-order batsman. He came to the attention
of the national selectors with a maiden first-class century (the only one he
was to score) in 1984, and made his Test debut in the Final Test of the
'blackwash' series against West Indies that summer. He performed well,
batting bravely and taking 5-94 in the match. He played in the subsequent
one-off Test against Sri Lanka, and although he failed to shine with the
ball, a valuable innings of 41 (it remained his Test best) assured him of a
place in the touring party to India. His style wasn't really suited to the
subcontinent pitches, although his 4-66 in the first innings in Delhi was
instrumental in England winning that Test.
Ellison's finest moments came in the Ashes series of 1985. In a golden
summer of English batting, his bowling proved to be the key ingredient in
forcing victory. Achieving greater pace, and as a consequence swinging the
ball later, he proved menacing in the overcast conditions at Edgbaston in
the Fourth Test, taking 6-77 (including a spell of 4-15 to sweep away the
Australian middle order) in the first innings. He took a further 4-27 in the
second innings as England raced against the conditions to take the game by
an innings.
In the following Test, at The Oval, Ellison captured seven more
Australian scalps, including 5-46 in the second innings as England wrapped
up the series 3-1. He was one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year for 1986.
Another five-wicket haul (5-78) was to follow in the next Test, the first
of the series against the West Indies in Jamaica. However, a succession of
injuries robbed him of the pace and late swing that made him such a
difficult proposition. He eventually left the first-class game in 1993 with
less than 500 wickets. With long, curly hair and a thick moustache, he
resembled a cross between a late 1970s Kevin Keegan and an Irish Water
Spaniel. His style appeared old-fashioned, particularly in contrast to the
West Indian pace barrage of the 1980s, and the success of the Ashes series
was never to be repeated. Indeed, his relatively brief period of success can
be compared to Bob Massie's, a bowler of similar style.
Ellison played 14 One-Day Internationals, taking 12 wickets with a best
of 3-42 against Pakistan in Melbourne. He also spent the 1986-87 winter
playing for Tasmania. His younger brother, Charles, also represented
Cambridge University as a right-arm swing bowler. Both brothers became
teachers. (George Dobell, Copyright CricInfo 2001)
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